Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili says the next administration should pave the way for the public to make their presence felt in all arenas.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cPublic participation is not only for elections. If we want to make real progress … we should develop the potential of people from all walks of life in all sectors,\u201d Jalili said in an address in a mosque in the city of Arak on Thursday.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThe main duty of the government is to do its utmost to bring out these potentialities in full,\u201d Jalili, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said.\n<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in his remarks, Jalili said resource-rich Iran will not progress under wrong policies.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cToday, we have great potential in different fields, but if the executive bodies fail to manage these potentialities correctly, it will backfire,\u201d the Principlist candidate stressed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He cited unemployment and inflation as the Iranian people\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s major concerns, blaming the mismanagement of liquidity and production for the rising prices.<\/p>\n
He said that the country has what it takes to develop a robust economy if it adopts proper management practices, just as it succeeded in developing a civilian nuclear energy program.\n<\/p>\n
Jalili currently faces seven rivals in the upcoming presidential election, namely former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, lawmaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, President of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council Hassan Rohani, former First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref, and former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Gharazi.\n<\/p>\n
Iranians will go to the polls on June 14 to elect the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s 11th president.\n<\/p>\n
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